#Blaugust
31 entries tagged with #Blaugust.
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And that's a wrap on Blaugust 2026!
Finished a post every day for August and yeah, I'm fried, but I crushed it by leaning on my drafts folder and pure stubborn momentum.
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It's my dang birthday
I'm grateful for the people and the life I've got, and I'm hopeful the next year stacks up to this one.
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An overview of how our family is prepared
Richmond keeps throwing water problems at us, so we've built our preps around that instead of the zombie apocalypse stuff. What does your local threat model look like?
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The best shows and movies of 2026 according to Mike and Rachelle, so far
Check out our ratings. Are we missing any must watch shows or movies from 2026??
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Some of our favorite smart home automations
Y'all, I'm really scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to hit the Blaugust goal. Check out this list of our favorite automations though!
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How I use Home Assistant to automate and monitor my aquariums
If you like aquariums or Home Assistant, you might enjoy reading this one.
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My AR glasses daydream
Oh just fantasizing about sci-fi glasses.
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New generations have SO. MUCH. MUSIC. to love
Just thinking about music and a little trip down memory lane.
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Re: I no longer care
On getting older and being more secure in my opinions. Plus, I talk about our minivan... how can you not click the link my dudes?!
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Please let me interact with your blog post!
Just some more opinions about blogging y'all!
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Re: Things to do after your dad dies
Just adding my two cents.
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NFL vs F1, which is the better TV viewing experience?
Spoiler alert: I think F1 is the better viewing experience but click the link if you want to read my pontifications about it.
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Titans football is back!
The punishment (watching Titans games) resumes soonly. I'm expecting the team to be a bit better but when you've only won 6 games in the last two years, that doesn't take much.
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Re: The Loss of Links Continues
Just adding my two cents to this discussion about link rot and what we can do about it.
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My perfect laptop
Don't mind me. Just day dreaming about my perfect laptop.
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How I share links on my blog
Someone emailed me about my link sharing workflow so I thought I'd just document it for everyone to see.
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Citizen developers in Power Platform, five years later: Better or worse with AI?
I revisited my 2021 take on Power Platform's citizen developers to see if AI actually made things better. TL;DR: I think it made them worse
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Re: Tech sucks? Really?
Oops, this one turned into a rant. /shakes fist at clouds
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Trip Report: Malvern Hill Battlefield
I took a little bike ride on Saturday and typed up a few thoughts about it. Check it out if you're into bikes or Civil War history.
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My backup strategy 2026
I've been working on my backup strategies lately. Check it out if that's your jam.
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Three years at Tripoint, a retrospective
We're once again closing in on the end of the FY. In the contracting space, that usually brings some uncertainty with it so I'm doing my first work retro in 3 years.
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Mike's chonky Denver omelet
Breakfast is my favorite meal and this omelet is probably my favorite breakfast food. Check it out if you're so inclined.
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How I use Home Assistant to help with my cats
What do you get when you mix Home Assistant with 5 cats? My house!
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My blogging workflow 2026
I see that people are talking about phoneblogging but I don't do that. Here is my blogging workflow instead. 😎
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What happens to our blogs when we die?
Does anyone want to read my dumb blog after I'm dead? Hell if I know, but I want to give my family the opportunity.
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How I make my blog posts more resilient
I imported a bunch of old posts from 2012-2019 and here are some lessons learned about post resilience.
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Why I switched from Firefox to Vivaldi for browsing
Mozilla finally did it. They pissed me off enough that I've made the switch.
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Smarter Thermostat with Home Assistant
I set up Home Assistant to automatically switch my thermostat between heating, cooling, or both based on weather forecasts, so it stops trying to heat the house on summer mornings or cool it on winter evenings.
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Relationship advice I'd give to my younger self
Here are some of my own hard-won lessons about relationships.
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How did the Canadian wildfires show up in Home Assistant here in VA?
I've got AirGradient sensors scattered around, so when the smoke rolled through I got to watch it in real time.